Film posters come in a wide range of styles. Most have appealing
pictures or slogans that appeal to a particular audience and some just
try to appeal to everyone. They all have something in common.
Anchorage and eye catching devices, some even have alliteration. You
can find them almost everywhere like cinemas, town centers, on the sides of busses, magazines and on the internet. They
are all trying to do one thing, persuade you to spend money on their
film. This is the poster from the film Forgetting Sarah Marshal, I am going to describe and analyze what the poster is about etc. The Genre of this film is a comedy as we can tell by the plot line at the top of the page where it says “A Comedy about getting dumped and taking it like a man” and also as Russell Brand is in it as he is quite a funny man! From the movie poster, I can tell that this movie’s target audience is for both men and woman as it has a good looking girl on the front to attract the men, and 2 very popular men to attract the ladies attention. The target audience is going to be someone who likes comedy’s and also likes the actors/actresses in the film, other wise they may not like it! Also to attract the audience the creator of the poster has included “From the guys who brought you KNOCKED UP & THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN” which tells the audience that if you have seen either Knocked Up or The 30 Year Old Virgin, you would love this film.
